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Istanbul: Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, and Basilica Cistern

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Istanbul: Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, and Basilica Cistern

Activity provider:Travelgroup
4.1  / 5
305 reviews

From US$ 83.14 per person

Discover Istanbul’s Top 3 Attractions: Hagia Sophia, the Basilica Cistern, and Topkapı Palace. Enjoy tours with a licensed guide, skip-the-line entry, and an audio app in 7 languages.

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Duration 5 hours
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Skip the ticket line
Live tour guide
English, Spanish
Optional audio guide
English

Experience

Highlights
  • Skip the ticket line entry (except for Hagia Sophia)
  • Explore all 3 sights with an with an official tour guide
  • Enjoy an audio guide app in 7 languages from your smartphone
  • Stay inside the museums as long as you want
  • Experience a flexible tour: all in one day, or spread over 3 days
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Enjoy hassle-free entrance to Istanbul’s top 3 attractions, the Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern, and Topkapı Palace with this guided tour. Skip the ticket lines (though security lines can’t be skipped) for fast entrance and make the most of your time.

Get the most important information and tips from your tour guide. If you're not comfortable with English, take advantage of the audio guide app available in 7 different languages.

Visit Hagia Sophia, the largest Christian church in the world for the past 1,000 years, before seeing the majestic Topkapı Palace, which was home to Ottoman Sultans for centuries. Next, visit the 1500-year-old Basilica underground water cistern, famous for its Medusa heads.

See all the highlights of these landmarks with your licensed tour guide. Then, enjoy free time to explore more at your own pace with exciting stories and interesting information frrom your audio guide.

With this tour, there are 2 options: Option 1: With the 10 AM timeslot, you can enjoy all tours in a single day with the same tour guide within 5 hours. Option 2: Spread the tours across 3 days, giving you the freedom to see the sites as and when you like.

Includes
  • English-speaking guide
  • 60-minute Hagia Sophia tour
  • 60-minute Topkapi Palace tour and ticket
  • 20-minute Basilica Cistern tour and ticket
  • Audio app for the Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern, and Topkapi Palace in Spanish, English, German, Italian, Russian, French, and Turkish
  • Headphones for the audio guide app (please bring your own)
  • Fast Track Entry to the Hagia Sophia

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What to bring

  • Headphones

Know before you go

  • At Hagia Sophia, please expect a security waiting time of up to 1 hour during the high season. While you are waiting, your tour guide will entertain you with valuable information about daily life and the history of Istanbul
  • At Topkapi Palace and the Basilica Cistern, we skip the ticket lines but can not skip the security line. The security check can take up to 10 minutes
  • Hagia Sophia Dress Code
  • Remember to wear modest clothing (arms and legs covered). Women must cover their hair with a scarf. If you forget to bring your own scarf, you can buy one at the entrance for 2 Euro.
  • Audio guide app instructions:
  • Step 1: Go to Apple or Play Store and search for “YourMobileGuide”.
  • Step 2: Download ''YourMobileGuide''.
  • Step 3: Open the App and select ''All Audio Tours''.
  • Step 4: In the search field on top type ymg4 for Hagia Sophia, ymg7 for Basilica Cistern and ymg5 for Topkapi Palace > click activate code and start the audio.

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We had an amazing tour! Very informative, well co-ordinated and very interesting. Our guide, Gamze, really helped us appreciate the architecture and the history that the monuments have. Definitely recommend this tour, and our guide, Gamze, to anyone visiting Instanbul.

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Anuj – IndiaVerified booking

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Well scheduled, all was on time, like promised The Guide with an excellent level of knowledge about culture, history and religion - a kind person. Suggestion - deliver a brief material (written, digital) to learn more about the parts where we were. Very thankful.

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June 23, 2023

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Alejandro – ChileVerified booking

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Tour guide very knowledgeable… we took the tour on a Sunday … no Grand Bazaar… on Sunday they take you to a high end mall 800 € leather coats …. The guide gave the group 40 minutes, however it was obvious that he was getting a kickback as he allowed people to stay over an hour to complete their shopping. I did not like this part

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